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In Pursuit of Gospel-Driven Productivity

May 1, 2014 by David H. Leonard Leave a Comment

A Review of Matt Perman's What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done (Zondervan: 2014) By David H. Leonard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics, Luther Rice University, Atlanta, GA It might be tempting to think that productivity is a topic more suitable for business leaders and entrepreneurs, for whom it's essential to “get things done” as efficiently as possible.   As Matt Perman argues in What's Best Next, however, productivity is mainly about loving others by … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of Gospel-Driven Productivity

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: andreas köstenberger, business, Excellence, gospel, Matt Perman, Mission Statement, productivity, theology, virtue, vocation, What’s Best Next, What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done

Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence

December 29, 2011 by David H. Leonard 2 Comments

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A Review of Andreas Köstenberger's Excellence When posted, guest contributor and ESN member David Leonard  had recently completed a Ph.D. in philosophy and was teaching a wide range of courses at several universities in the Twin Cities.   His project at the time involved developing a taxonomy of the intellectual virtues  to be used in college-level philosophy courses. David's scholarship on virtue gave him particular insight to review the book under consideration,  Excellence: The Character of God and the … [Read more...] about Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: alvin plantinga, andreas köstenberger, christian scholarship, discipleship of the mind, Excellence, george marsden, mark noll, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, virtue

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